The Script and "drastic" are words we never thought would be uttered in the same sentence. But hey, it's 2017 – stranger things have happened.

The Irish band have unveiled their new song 'Rain' after two years away, and described it as just that word. Have a listen below to judge for yourself:

"It's definitely a progression," the band told Metro. "I think we have afforded ourselves a little bit of leeway. The past four records have not been the same sound – we've been progressing at a slow rate.

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"It's been two years since we had something out so there's two years worth of progression in our music. I'm sure to a lot of people it might sound quite drastic at first, but if they heard the 60 songs we've put out you'd hear a slower progression."

Admitting that the music industry has changed since they were last on the scene those many moons ago, the band added: "When we started this record we wanted to do something where people would hear a song and go, 'Oh I love that song!' and then look it up and find it's us.

"We wanted to change and push our sound a bit. It's either adapt, change or die in this industry. It's very difficult.

"We wanted to revamp and reboot the sound, and at the end of the day we're still the same songwriters and that's never going to go away."

The Script also joked that the dancey new song was more "dad dancing", adding: "We've been the kind of singalong band, the pub band that had anthems but never really got everyone on their feet and moving.